Ask Mathias: How can I get my manager to consider me for new projects?

It can be frustrating when you want to be considered for more complex projects and you're manager's seemingly blocking you.

By Mathias Meyer

March 06, 2024

I want something more challenging than my current workload but my engineering manager is neglecting to choose me for more complex projects.

The back-end team I am a part of comprises six developers and one engineering manager. As a senior developer in the team, my problem lies with the fact that my manager never considers me for designing or creating RFCs on new projects; I am only contributing to small features or enhancements.

The issue is two-pronged as I am currently on parental leave so I can only spend an hour a day enhancing my skills to make me better suited to handling new, complex ventures.

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